Netflix and Virgin America have just announced a partnership that will offer passengers on some of its new aircraft free Netflix streaming until March 2nd, 2016. Starting today, if you’re flying on Virgin America’s new ViaSat WiFi-equipped aircraft, you’ll be…
Selfies Contributed to Fatal Plane Crash, Says NTSB
In May of last year, two men were killed when their Cessna 150 crashed in a field outside Denver, Colorado. Now, the National Transportation Safety Board has issued its official report – and the agency is saying that selfies likely…
Grounded F-35 Fleet Cleared to Fly
After an engine fire in June grounded the entire U.S. military fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, Navy and Air Force officials have approved a limited flight clearance to run engine inspections and restricted flight drills. The cause of…
No-Fly List Declared Unconstitutional By Federal Judge
It’s nearly thirteen years since the 9/11 attacks and the no-fly list is now considered a way of life. Or at least it was, until a federal judge’s recent ruling. After 13 people sued the government after they were barred…
Amelia Earhart Situation For Flight 370
International attention focusing on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has led to collective concern that the most recent occurrence could be another unsolved global mystery, similar to the officially-unsolved case involving renowned pilot Amelia Earhart. Former U.S. aviation…
‘Miracle on the Hudson’ Remembered 5 Years On
USAirways Flight 1549 landed into the Hudson River five years ago after being struck by birds. Images of passengers exiting the plane are still reminiscent today. Fortunately, the quick-thinking ingenuity of Pilots Sully Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles led to the…
Skydiver Planes Collide; Everyone Jumps to Safety
It was supposed to be an exciting weekend until everything went terrifyingly wrong in a split second for two planes, each full of excited skydivers. CNN reports that those two planes endured a mid-air collision, but everyone on both planes…
Boeing 747 May Get 86’d in the Years to Come
The Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet has been hailed as a double-decker revolution in air travel that shrank the globe by the Associated Press, yet even Arsenio Hall seems able to offer one as a (seemingly unattainable) prize on his new…
Teri Hatcher Wants A “Desperate Housewives” Movie
Teri Hatcher is well aware that there have been rumors of a “Desperate Housewives” movie for a while now, and the actress says she’s totally down for it. “I love the fans of the show so much, and they don’t…
Maine B-52 Crash Remembered by Survivor, Rescuer
On January 24, 1963, a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber training flight carrying a crew of nine crashed into Elephant Mountain in Maine. There were only two survivors of the crash, the pilot, Lt. Col. Dan Bulli, and the navigator,…